This section is from the book "The Table: How To Buy Food, How to Cook It, and How to Serve It", by Alessandro Filippini. Also available from Amazon: The Table: How To Buy Food, How To Cook It And How To Serve It.
Put in a saucepan four egg yolks and an ounce and a half of powdered sugar; place it on a hot stove, and with a wire whip stir well for two minutes. Drop in gradually two gills of Madeira wine; stir continually for two minutes; take from the fire, and strain through a fine sieve over the pudding.
 
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